Enigma

Although I've only listened to one of their CD's, I am hooked to Enigma. The Cross of Changes was a great CD, and I really loved the music. It is extremely club oriented, so it has a techno beat, but at the same time, the music combines very few interesting lyrics and chanting monks.

I found the CD in a second hand store, and I've listened to it quite a few times since. I am so hooked that I have been planning on buying another CD when I get the money. I think the reason is because I have never really heard any music like Enigma's music, and its originality is only surpassed by its quality. Listening to the music is both calming and energizing. The music is erotic, playful, and all the while meaningful. It is deep and curious, but it is shallow and animated. I highly suggest this band for parties, or just for a person needing to relax. I listen to Enigma when I run and when I nap. There are not as many bands that I have heard that are as dynamic.

With their 1991 hit "Sadeness," Enigma brought the new age fascination with Gregorian chants and old-world culture to the clubs; the resulting single was both unique and irresistible. The rest of the album followed that pattern successfully, although without quite matching the stunning success of the hit single. On their second album, 1994's Cross of Changes, some of the old-world elements remained, but the new age angle came to the forefront in a set of slick, radio-friendly dance-pop. Enigma 3: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi followed in 1996. A side project, Trance Atlantic Airwaves, issued The Energy of Sound in 1998. The fourth Enigma record, The Screen Behind the Mirror, followed in early 2000, and in 2003 Voyageur came out. Three years later, A Posteriori was released.